Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 409: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the core documentation relating to an application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo that remains outstanding as indicated in a previous reply. [13686/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named was issued with approval to proceed with the works concerned under the Farm Waste Management Scheme on 9 October 2002. However, notification of completion of the work (Card C) or the required receipts have not yet been received from the person concerned.

No decision in relation to grant-aid can be made without these documents.

Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 410: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment of the 2006 EU single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [13700/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The position is that an application for lease of Single Payment Scheme entitlements for 2006 to the person named was received in my Department.

Under EU Regulations, entitlements may only be leased from one farmer to another if accompanied by an equivalent number of hectares of eligible land. My Department is not satisfied that this condition has been met in this case and my officials will contact the parties with a view to having the matter clarified. The person named also submitted an application under the Consolidation measure of the 2006 Single Payment Scheme. This application will be processed on completion of all other outstanding issues.

Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 411: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in having payment of the 2006 EU single farm payment issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [13701/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted applications under the Trading and Consolidation measures of the 2006 Single Payment Scheme. Both of these applications have been processed and payment will issue in the coming days.

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)
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Question 412: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she expects the new revised early farm retirement scheme will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13749/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Proposals for a new Early Retirement Scheme, with a maximum annual pension payment rate of €15,000, have been included in the draft Rural Development Programme for the period 2007-2013. The draft Programme was sent to the Commission in late December,2006 to begin the approval process. I cannot be definite as to how long this process will take but I continue to pursue early approval and my officials are in ongoing contact with their counterparts in the Commission services.

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 413: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the stage of the application to transfer single farm entitlements for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; if the application will be complete before the applications for the 2007 single farm payment need to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13981/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The second person named has received his full Single Payment for 2006. His payment was based on his standard entitlements.

An application for the Transfer of Entitlements under the 2007 Single Payment Scheme from the second named person to the first named was submitted on the 26th January 2007. Applications for the Transfer of Entitlements under the 2007 Single Payment Scheme may be accepted up until the closing date of the 4th May. I can confirm however, that this particular application is in order provided that the Single Payment Scheme application is submitted on or before the closing date and that the land parcels in question are declared by the first named.